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Author Damon Young says that "Humor is just a part of how I see things." Young is the winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

“The exhaustion of knowledge or experience can be this huge bummer of a burden where nothing surprises you or makes you curious ever again.” “For lack of a better term, it felt familial, which is something, for all their ambitions, most restaurants can’t achieve. It felt closer to someone’s home than a meal out. And that doesn’t just come from the space, but it also comes up from the plates and smacks you on the tongue or in the nose or both.”    There’s a lot to miss about the way we used to eat. The way we used to be served or given food. There are a few aspects that I mis...

Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days, The Root has been celebrating Black Joy and how that looks—whether it’s through art, family, food or music. Panama Jackson, senior editor of Very Smart Brothas, has brought us all the joy through the most iconic and Blackest album covers of our time. Granted, there are probably more than 28 out there, but it would be hard to top this series in all of its Blackness. A slew of my personal favorites made this list—Miles Davis in particular because Sundays were for jazz in my house and this particular album...

January 18, 2021 By Robert MARIANI The balance of two opposing forces—military-industrial surveillance capitalism and progressive cultural hegemony—once formed an equilibrium that gave the average Joe some options in life. That equilibrium was on its way out for a while, but it collapsed with the Capitol riots. The progressive camp has swallowed up its rival—or maybe the other way around. Anyway, who cares. Does the supposed direction of this absorption tell us much besides the team affiliation of the one supposing it? We’re seeing the beginnings of what unambiguous power looks like. ...

>> she was larger than her music. can't say that about many performances. the music speaks for itself. she was larger than her music. she was a great american, very smart. she stood up for lots of things. but the way she sang and the way she moved people, you didn't need to use her last name. all you had to say was aretha, you knew who she was. she was quirky. she wouldn't fly. >> right. >> she wouldn't stay in a building over eight floors. in other words -- when we booked her on cnn, our studio was on the ninth floor, and so she wouldn't stay on the ninth floor so we had to interview her at t...